Clarity Caps vs Kimber kaps

Here's the place to buy the Claritycaps. And make sure they are the new, blue-colored MR caps. Much more expensive, but well worth it.:

http://www.madisound.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=claritycap+mr&categories_id=&search_in_description=1&inc_subcat=1

Here's another source in England for Claritycap MR:

http://www.hificollective.co.uk/components/claritycap_mr.html

I think you're right, Mazda-Man. I currently have the MR caps in the outputs of my TP 2.0n preamp with a little over 250 hours on them and I am going through an ear-opening experience. These MR caps just keep getting better with time.

Any further updates on the Claritycap MR performance characteristics? I now have about 350 hours on mine in the outputs of my preamp and they seem to continue to relax, open up and allow the music to flow through. As close to sounding like "no cap" that I've yet heard in this position. I am very impressed and pleased with this new Claritycap MR line. That 2-year research and development program ICW did on these was well worth their time and financial investment, imho. (O:

Yes, I agree. This Claritycap MR has a completeness to it when used as a single, full-ranged cap. The bass is indeed outstanding, as well as the rest of the frequency spectrum, up into the stratosphere.

"I've yet to hear a single output coupling cap that beats out a well experimented combination of caps."

Reb1208 (Threads | Answers)

On the other hand, in my preamp outputs, I've yet to hear any combination of caps that beats out a single cap of equal performance. (O:)

http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=tweaks&n=31468&highlight=bypassing+coupling+caps+with+same&r=&session=

I agree with Tom's assessment. Maybe bypassed caps can work in a speaker cross-over or in a power supply when properly done, but in a signal path, used full range, as in a preamp output coupler, I also hear these time and phase errors. In initial listening tests, your brain can be fooled into thinking you're getting better sound with usually an appearance of better highs, but ultimately my ears tell my brain that something isn't natural with this bypass arrangement and when the single cap is alone, my ear thanks me for getting rid of this annoying phase and time shift phenomenon. YMMV and IMHO, as usual.

Good for you, Reb. It's pioneers like you that make this hobby fun. (O:)